Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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Tl-IE H RBOR BEACO SULLIVAN MAINE VOL JUNE. l9I4 INO I Glass GBM Tune X aledrctory The golden sun rs srnkrnff fast And trnts the glowrng west And trme has come for us to part From frrends we loye the best But ere rts last beam fades away And stars appear on hrgh We ll grve you all a partmg hand And sadly say goodby Oh schoolmates all our love for you Has ever fonder grown And often rn lrfe s fleetrng days Our hearts for you wrll yearn And may you too rn comrng years Amrd oft changrng scenes Fmd a lovmg place rn all your hearts For the class of old Fourteen O classmates dear where ere our paths In future years may Ire 'Vlay Honor be our gurdrng star To lead us from on hrgh And non qur multum sed qur bene Our motto be each day And may the mem ry of S H S Be mth us all the may D lv H 4 THE HOINOR OF X SOLDIER Joseph Lechamp was pacrng up and down rn the guard tent of the enemy wrth hrs hands charned behrnd hrs back It was rn the year 1390 and the terrrble Hundred Hears VS ar be tween England and France was strll gorng on Joseph who was a young French squrre about elghteen years of age had fallen rnto the hands of the Englrsh ln a skrrmrsh near hrs home town He was accustomed to har dshrp and fightrng as he had been trarned for a lrfe rn whrch war was the prrncrpal feature and hrs present srtuatron gaye hrm no specral drscomfort He was not the ordrnary type of medraey al soldler howey er lxo one who could have seen hrs rugged form and met the look rn the dark flashrng eyes could have helped knowrng that he was a remarkable type of young manhood At the moment mentroned he appeared to be wartrng for some one Presently a guard who had been paclng up and down before the tent stopped abruptly and stood at attentron as the clang and rattle of armor announced the ap proach of some of the men rn command The young squrre looked up to see the Englrsh chref or general enter the tent accompanred by four armed guards all clad rn the usual medraeval armor The chref was a man of grgantrc frame Wrth a stern face that showed the scars of many bloody encounters Lnbrnd the prrsoner and hrs wrsh shall be granted he sard rn a vorce that resembled the rumblrng of thunder Hrs command was rm medrately obeyed and the prrsoner stood before the chref wartmg to be brdden to speak I am ready to hear thy request sard the chref fully and faced th great Englrshman I feel that '1 great honor has been bestowed upon me to d y rn berng allowed an audrence wrth so br 'rye and noble a chref I haye been rnformed by your order that all the prrsoners are to be t Len across the Ch nrel and detarned for an rn lefnrte per rod rn your country 'Host no b e sr I haye a mother and srster back rn the llttle town here where I wa captured and rt rs only the thought of them that prompted me to ask humbly' thy permrssron to return and tell them of my whereabouts and that I mu t be taken across the Channel Durrng thrs speech th young squrre had l .IV , ' . in V - ,va . l v . , Y . , T , 4 7 . . . D Q ' . . D Y , . . , . 7 . . , . ' ' ' , . . ' 7 . . , , Y , 55 v - . . . A . . ,, . . . , 1 7 r . . . . ' ' . . . . v ' . -c ' ,- , as - , 19 ' ' ' 7 . 1. ., 1 - -oi Upon this the young squire bowed respect- A , ' as , K c . A C K ,,,- - . . g 1 . . 4 -L Y . u , . ' ' 1 - ' ' ,' ai ' r .a . . '. ' W f v . . . . I , ' 0 , fb I . . - . - . if , N . . W! ,Y v . ' . ' A sy - ' . ' , , 4. ' ' J y b , 9 7 , . . . . . 1 H . . , . I . . . . R e 1 .Q

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IN 'NIENIORIANI lo the IHLITIOIX of oul fOIH1Ql qupelxl ox of Nluxlc Nlrs Lflura C Russell ADDILLIIIIUH of IUL1b1L among the studnnt of thlb Hlgh School and who bx hex patlence and cheufulnab won the hlghebt leepeet and ad mnatlon of all Thls Hqrbor Beacon lm loxlnglx dedlcated by the studentb of Sullu an Hlgh School , A . v . . . N . Us . l .i' , A 1 6 1 Who did so much to develop the talent and ' IQ X so I- A V Y a v y .v 1 ' 1. A-5 v ' - . - . - .' . ,

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THE H ARBOR BEACON stood mth h1s steady gaze meetmg that of the stern chlef unflmchmgly VK hen he had fin lshed speakmg the chlef folded hls arms upon hls massne chest and regarded the young sol dler fox a long tlme IH sllence Fxnally he spoke Box Iwlll trustyoux honor Petuln ln four days to Faller Go' As he flnlshed speaklng he took a short svs ord from hls belt and handed lt to the squlre who knelt upon the turf before the chlef wlth hls arms crossed on lns bl east The next moment he rose and depax ted mto the gloomy forest that surrounded the posltlon oc cupled by the Engllsh That mght the stars were shlnlng brlghtly when Joseph Lechamp came to the mossey bank of a rlppllng brook ln the upland countx y not far from h1s home The drowsy tlnklmg of a dlS tant bell came falntly to h1s ears and the sweet perfume of the upland meadows filled h1s nos tr1ls He sat down under a spreadxng oak tree and leaned hlS broad back affa mst It H1s mlnd was occupled wlth the events of the day and of the t1mes Hls countrv was racked and exhausted by a war that had been ln progress ever smce the tlme of his grandfathers The people lived ln constant fear of attacks not only from the enemy but also from prowhng bands of men who taklng advantage of the condl tlons preyed upon helpless vlllages and un protected towns The rlng of armor constantly echoed IH the great halls of feudal castles for men were tralned not to llve ln bl otherly frlend shlp but to be as skllful as posslble ln fightlng one another It was the way of the t1mes As Joseph leaned agaxnst the sturdy oak he was thmkmg of the hundreds of fathexs and sons who had torn themselves from wlves sxsters and frlends and had rushed out to meet upon the field of battle other fathers and sons who only a sholt time prey lous had left slmllal sur roundlngs And how many of these gallant men would ey er return to thelr lox ed ones But these vsere not the only thoughts that fl.L hed through hlS mmd There was another although dlfferent war gomg on there He had h1s hberty' Ah the Joy of lt' But lt was soon to telmmate Three days more and he would be standmg before the gates of Faller But W OL LD he He gazed off over the peaceful meadows to the blue hllls ln the dlstance far off to whexe the dlm lxghts ofacastle twlnkled 1ny1t1ngly The general breeze touched hxs flushed cheek soothmgly By noon the next day he would be among frlends and those he lox ed How could he return to Faher' For a long tlme he sat Flgld wlth h1s hands clasped behlnd hls head gazlng out upon the qulet scene the confllct of honor and cowardlce of rlght and wrong surgmg w1th1n hlm Suddenly he sprang to h1s feet h1S muscles tense and hls eyes gleam mg wlth the llght of battle Not the battle of man to man but the battle of man wlthln man He turned and whlpped the sword from 1ts place ln hls belt and pressed the h1lt to hls fore head whlle hls llps moy ed ln a sllent resolve Then he sllpped the sword again into lts place and lay down upon the soft moss to fall lnto a peaceful sleep the chlrplng of the crlckets fur mshlng hlm a soothlng lullaby About noon the followmg day Joseph stood before the gates of hlS native town and walted for an answer to hls slgnal for entrance A sentry appeared on the wall and recognlzed hlm Instantly The gates were thrown open and he was admltted to the town mldst wlld shouts and many manlfestatlons of Joy at hls good fortune As he was much loved by the towns people they crowded around hlm and even the old soldlers congratulated h1m on h1s escape He soon managed to dlsengage hlmself from the crowd and find hls s y to h1s own home where he was recely ed by h1s mother and slster wlth all the lox mg greetlngs extended to a Worthy son who had returned from danger But lt was not untll ex emng whxle he wlth hls mother and slster was seated before the blazlng hearth of hls Slm ple home that he told them of his promlse to the Engllsh chlef Hls XOICQ was calm and h1s manner deter mlned as he related the ey ents that had occurred slnce he had been captured Lp 4 V A 'A A y. . Y . . . . . . Y . , . . . . . . Q . . . . ., , . , . . 7 7 - . Y v O . . ' . . . . . v y N v . . . . . , 55 7 l 1 v - L . ' v v ' ' . ,, . . . v. . 7 . 1 v ' N ' r . . v v V . 7 t . . . . ' 1 - a . . . . V . . . . . .N . . - v . Y n A . Y . V . . - . . n . K . . . . v . . . . O . . Y , ' - 1 1 r r ' 9 r ' ' . . 6 . . - 9 . . . . . a I - ' - r a . . . . 7 . . . . Q . . 'M . , H.. , . . 7 . v Y . . . V , - f r r 1 . ' , - . v N . . . . . . v Y -i Y 7 v. . . . Y . . 1 Q . I v Q . Y . ' . , c . . . v